News Release

Friday, February 2, 2018

School Shooting Ends with Suspect in Custody NR18036cr

UPDATE:February
2, 2018

Today detectives have
released information related to the shooting at Sal
Castro Middle School on February 1, 2018. While the
investigation is still active and evolving, detectives
do believe that the handgun was inside a backpack at
the times it was fired. Additionally, it appears the
bullet went through the wrist of one student and struck
a second student in the head.

The case has been
presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's
Office and the charges the subject will ultimately face
will be determined by their review of the
evidence.

UPDATEFebruary 1, 2018

The juvenile suspect in this case was transported to the Los
Angeles County Central Juvenile Hall (Eastlake) and booked for
Negligent Discharge of a Firearm (602WIC/246.3PC of the California
Penal Code). This continues to be an active investigation. However,
at this time, the information suggest that this was an isolated
incident, involving the negligent discharge of a firearm, where
innocent children and a staff member were unfortunately
injured.

Los Angeles: Early this morning, at about 8:55 a.m., first
responders from the Los Angeles School Police, Los Angeles Police
Department and Los Angeles Fire Department responded to an Assault
with a Deadly Weapon (ADW) Shooting call at the Sal Castro Middle
School located at the 1500 block of West 2nd Street in the City of
Los Angeles.

Upon their arrival, they located the students who were victims of
the shooting, and transported them to a local hospital for
immediate medical treatment. The shooting suspect (a 12-year-old
female) student was detained at scene without incident and a
semi-auto handgun was recovered.

In all, a total of five individuals were hurt during this incident,
who ranged between the ages of 11 through 30 and were listed in the
following conditions. One 15-year-old male student sustained a
gunshot wound to the head and was listed in critical but stable
condition, a second 15-year old female student sustained a gunshot
wound to her arm, and was listed in stable condition, a third
11-year old male student, a fourth 12-year old female student and
30-year old female staff person sustained minor superficial face
& head injuries and were listed in fair condition.

Due to the serious nature and circumstance of this crime, the Los
Angeles Police Department, Rampart Detectives will lead this
investigation with the assistance of the Los Angeles School Police
Department.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Rampart
Area Detectives at 213-484-3660. During non-business hours or on
weekends, please contact 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247). Anyone
wishing to remain anonymous should call the LA Regional Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to
www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may also visit
www.lapdonline.org, and click on "Anonymous Web Tips" under the
"Get Involved-Crime Stoppers" menu to submit an online tip. Lastly,
tipsters may also download the "P3 Tips" mobile application and
select the LA Regional Crime Stoppers as their local program.